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A BLUE AND WHITE ‘KO-SOMETSUKE’ A BLUE AND WHITE ‘LONGEVITY’ BOWL A LARGE BRONZE-MOUNTED BLUE AND
OCTAGONAL DISH Wanli six-character mark and of the period WHITE JAR
Tianqi The rounded sides rising from a slightly Wanli
The rounded sides rising from a cylindrical tapering foot, painted to the exterior with four Painted to the exterior with vivid scenes of
foot, painted to the interior with two figures shou characters within double line borders, deer and cranes amongst pine, clouds and
approaching a bridge, in a rocky, tree-strewn the interior with a central medallion enclosing rockwork, all between a lappet border at the
river landscape, before distant mountains, the a fu character. foot and a ruyi-head and scrolled border at
flattened rim decorated with pine, bamboo, 14.7cm (5 3/4in) diam. the shoulder and neck, mounted to the rim
prunus and trailing, leafy branches, with with a beaded bronze fitting. 38cm (15in) high
Japanese wood box. £1,500 - 2,000
7.5cm (6 7/8in) wide (2). CNY15,000 - 19,000 £1,500 - 2,500
HK$18,000 - 24,000 CNY15,000 - 24,000
£1,200 - 1,500 HK$18,000 - 29,000
CNY12,000 - 15,000 3
HK$14,000 - 18,000 A BLUE AND WHITE ‘FISH’ DISH
Wanli
For a similar deep dish with a square everted Boldly painted to the well with two pike and
rim see M. Kawahara, Ko-sometsuke, Kyoto two carp frolicking amongst stylised lotus
1977, p. 102, no. 288. flowers, the scene surrounded with a ruyi-
head border.
21.2cm (8 3/8in) diam.

£1,000 - 1,500
CNY9,700 - 15,000
HK$12,000 - 18,000

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